National Republican., 1887-02-09
CURRENT COMMENT.
The ScintiIIations which Brighten Our
Exchange List.

Omaha Republican,. A fortune awaits the
man who will invent method OF moving
the average messenger boy expeditiously by
means Of electricity.
A missionary who has recently returned
from Japan expresses the opinion that the
Japanese will accept Christianity as their
natural faith before the end Of the present
century.
Springfield Monitor Since the czar has
made American whisky his regular drink
the nihilists have ceased to throw bombs
and dynamite In his way. They can see at
most he can bother them but little longer.
Fort Worth Gazette Why would it not
be graceful act in Mr. Reagan to name
Senator Maxey ms the commissioner under
the interstate bill, to which the new senator
will be entitled by the courtesy of President
Cleveland.
st. Paul Pioneer Press. The Indiana legis
lature began business this week by killing
a bill to promote state civil service reform.
Any other result could hardly be expected
where statesmen have a congenital dislike
for reform OF any description.
Brooklyn Union, The blackness of Hitter
acy in Louisiana seems in no wise to be I'm a
fair way for removal. A majority OF the
voters are yet unable to read their own
names. Louisiana may be put down In the
Democratic column indefinitely.
Cleveland Leddcr: Latest advices report
things booming on the Panama canal, and
1t is claimed that part OF the great ditch
will be opened this year. II tnat should
happen the critics would begin to modify
their assertions that De Lesseps is sure to
| fail.
Baltimore ImcricdH: Great Britain Is
| politely informed that the militia strength
| Of this country Is 100000. IL Great
| Britain ever saw militia company on q
| Fourth OF July parade she will appreciate
the force of these figures and hoist flag Of
| truce.
Railway churches are to be attached to
| the trains In South Russia. Owing to the
long distance travelled and the constant
| work, the officials complain that they have
no chance of attending divine service; so
| carriages fitted up as churches will run on
| Sundays and fete days.
| Philadelphia ITEM The only competi-
| tion which can prosper aud produce abiding
| and wholesome conditions Is that which
emulates superiority, and however slow
| communities and nations may be In realizing
| this, they will have to acknowledge and
act upon 1t in the end.
| Philadelphia Inquirer: Mr.. Parnell was
| well enough to make the greatest effort Of
| his life In parliament, proving his patriotism,
| his wisdom, and his eloquence at once In
impelling the applause Of his opponents for
his appeal for justice for Erin. He will live
to see his country freed from oppression.
Minneapolis Tribune Secretary Whitney
| promises to defend New York harbor with
| a single dynamite cruiser against the com.
bined nayies of the world, and yet this bold
Secretary is said to take off his shoes in the
hallway when he lands at home an hour
after the regulation time. There are some
forces that beat dynamite.
Detroit Tribune. Are there really 5000
soldiers in Canada, drilling? We suppose
that is called an army In Canada, We call
1t squad over here. 1t would last about
fifteen seconds before the force of United
Stated troops that would be mustered
within ten days after the call, out of the
states close by the dominion.
Leavenworth Times Henry George may
be conscientious In his land theories, but
the methods he proposes are certainly dis
honest, and, In country like the United
States, where the government offers to
| every man home OF 160 acres II he will
only go take it, they are unreasonable aud
as ridiculous as they are dishonest.
Baltimore american The superior court
of Massachusetts, has awarded damages to
a tenant for "sickness contracted through
the bad sanitary condition Of the building
he had rented" This is thoroughly sensi-
BILE decision, and II generally recognized 1t
would do great deal towards improving
the health of the people in all large cities
Chicago Inter Ocean One year OF war,
or Of preparation for war, would vindicate
the economic as well as the national policy
Of protection to domestic industry. But
that policy is also a preventive of war.
And 1t is also leading to time, not now dis.
tant, when American iron will build Ameri.
can ships as cheaply (even In time Of peace)
as English iron.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Possibly 1t may be
explained on the hypothesis that Brigham
Young had made his preparations for return
ing to this world. but when he found the
reception in store for him under the Ed
muuds law and the supplementary measures
he concluded that 1t would be much more
pleasant to remain, even in the torrid zone
of the other sphere.
Pittsburg Dispatch The fact that young
woman bearing the name Of Grace Haw-
thorne Is causing talk In London by her
| appearances as "a representative Ameri-
can actress indicates that our enterpris-
ing nation is In fair way to get even with
England In the line of sending over dra-
matte stars of whom no one ever heard be-
fore they made the voyage.
A new word has been coined in France to
represent very rich American. 1t is not
sufficient to call him "millonaire," he Is
a "milliardaire." In fact, such is the pres
ent extravagant European notion of the
fabulous wealth of the American railroad
kings that an American who is mere
"millionare" has ceased to be regarded In
Paris as a man of pecuniary importance.
New York Journal: A feeling of decided
relief was experienced among all classes of
the community when the bulletin boards
announced the fact that Congress had
| ,ula fprt astr tha,
ing Of our coast defenses. Too long have
We been made the butt of less powerful
nations for our weakness In this respect,
and spread.eagleism will not stop the raw
ages of modern rifle ordnance.
Burlington HaUkeye: II history repeats
itself, as is often asserted, we may after all
be caught mapping once more, and find
ourselves in the disagreeable predicament
of having to fight whether we want to or
not. New England papers claim that the
: outrages which led to our war with Eng
land In 1879 were no greater than those
{ inflicted upon American fishermen In Can
, ada waters during the past few years.
Troy Budget: The idea of Canada going
to war with the United States seems rdicu-
lous, and yet Canada appears to be prepar-
ing for such contingency, while Uncle
Sam is neither making preparation nor yet
manifesting any uneasiness. A war, so far
as Canaua ls concerned, would mean bank
, ruptcy, for England would be sure TO
saddle all the imperial expenses upon the
dominion, the debt of which is now $780,
000,C0O, and the interest $2l minute.
New York MdH and Express English
, courts have just decided that If two persons
agree together to kill themselves they mu.
, tually agree to DO murder, and that each is
: an accessory before the fact to the murder
done by the other, and that consequently, II
, one survives, that one may be tried as n
party to the murder OF the other This puts
! the state In the position of carrying out the
compact. If one survives in such case he